GRIEF
for Wei
Some years post-crime
I removed the bones from their furtive grave
Some flesh clings on:
This dried husk of a man who used to be
Someone I loved
And loathed about the same on the scale.
Somehow he lives on
In me; blood under skin, ash under nails.
Christine Fojas is a Filipino-Canadian hailing from Las Piñas City and currently living in Metro Vancouver. She has a BA in Comparative Literature from University of the Philippines and works as a library technician at Douglas College. A list of her publications can be found at her website. She also blogs at christinefojas.wordpress.com.
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